Cone mounting for speed-varying transmissions



Jan: 2, 1923 1,44%797 M. 0. REEVES. CONE MOUNTING FOR SPEED YARYING TRANSMIS-SIONS.

FILED JULY 30, 1920 2 SHEETS'SHEET I Jam 2', 1923;

1,44%79? M. 0. REEVES.

CONE MOUNTING FOR SPEED VARYING FILED JULY 30, 1920.

TRANSMISSIONS.

2 SHEETS'SHEET 2 T "l L I x lP atented .Ian. 2, 1923. Q UNITED) gTATES I /[ELTON O. REEVES, OE COLUMBUS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB 'I'O REEVES EPULLEY COMPANY OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ACOBPORATION OF INDIANA.

CONE'MOUNTING FOR SPEED-VARYING 'IRANSll/IISSIONSv Application filed July 30, 1920. Serial No. 400,126.

To all whom it may concern. as possible, so as to reduce the liability of Be it known that I, MILToN O. Rnavns, cross bearing between their bearings'in the v a citizen of the United States, residing at frame 10, difficulty has been experienced, as

-.Columbus, in the county of Bartholomew noted above, in maintaining the thrust bearand State of Indiana, have invented a new ings and keeping the cones true-running. 60

and useful Cone Mounting for Speed-Vary- In my present improvements, each cone is mg Transmissions, of which the following provided with an elongated hub 20 (dotted is a specification. unesFigs. 2 and 3). which is splined upon In that type of speed-varying transmisthe adjacent shaft. by splines 21, this hub sions, comprising two pairs of co acting being as long as permissible within the range 65 cones connected by a V shaped belt, the of necessary movement of the cone upon its thrusts exerted by the belt upon the cones shaft. At the cone end of the hub, I provide are 'sogreat as to cause considerable dillia bearing shoulder 22 against which a series culty is maintaining the cones in proper conof roller bearings 23 bear. Sleeved upon dition within the dimensions which are availthe hub is a sleeve 24, of -a length sub- 7 able in commercially practical devices. stantially equal to that of hub 20, and pro- The object of my present invention is to vided at its cone end with a cup 25, receivprovide improvements in details of construcing the rollers 23.

tion, by means of which the thrusts may be At diametrically opposite points in a hori- 20 transmitted to the controlling levers by zontal plane,the cup 25 is provided with latmechanism which will be more efficient than eral extensions 27 having shallow conical that which has heretofore been used. pockets 28; Loosely sleeved over sleeve 2i The accompanying drawings illustrate my is a thrust yoke 30, provided in its horizoninvention. Fig. 1 is a plan largely diagramtal axis with a pair of pins 31, 31, having matic in character, ofa speed-varying transsemi-spherical ends seated in the shallow 8 3 mission of the type mentioned, and equipped pockets 28. By this arrangement a rocking with my improvements; Fig. 2 is a fragengagement is obtained between the thrust mentary plan, on a larger scale, of one of yoke and the cup 25 at diametrically opposite the cones, with its improved thrust bearing points on the cup and yoke and at right an- 30 and adjacent controlling lever; Fig. 3 is a gles'to the trunnion axis, thus insuring a uniside elevation of the parts shown in Fig. formity of action of cup 25. Fig. 4 an end elevation with the shaft in sec- In its vertical axis, i. e., the axis at right tion; Fig. 5 a view similar to Fig. 4, showing angles to the plane in which pins 31 are ar a modification; Fig. 6 a horizontal axial secranged, the thrust yoke 30 is provided with 35 tion, on line 6-6 of Fig. 1f trunnion pins 32, 32, which project into In the drawings, 10 indicates a suitable. short slots 33 in controlling levers 15. main frame, in which are journaled the driv- Levers 15 are arranged in pairs above and ing shaft 11 and the driven shaft 12, said below the thrust yokes and it is essential, beshafts being parallel and provided with ax cause of the slots 33, that these thrust 4O ially movable cone pairs 13 and 14, respecbrackets be prevented from rotating .under tively, the cones of said pairs being oppothe thrust of the cones/ In. order to accomsitely shiftable toward and from each other, plislr this result, the thrust brackets are by means of controlling levers 15, 15, each either themselves considerably laterally e1;- pivoted at 16 and simultaneously movable tended. as shown in Fig. 4, in order to en- 4; by means of nuts 17, 17, on threaded rod 18. gage the upper and lower levers 15 with a 0 The construction thus far described considerable lever arm or, as shown in common and well known, and thrust bear- 6, a finger 10 is attached to the thrust bracket ings have been introduced between levers 15, and extended out for a considerable distance 15 and the cones 13 and 14, said thrust bearbetween levers 15 and caused to engage slid- 0 ings being mounted upon the shafts 11 and ingly that one of said levers which will re- 5 12, respectively, and interposed between lesistturning movement of the thrust bracket. vers 15 and the ends of the hubs of the cones. as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Owing to the fact that the frame 10 must, By sleeving sleeve 24: over. the extended for commercial reasons, be made as small as hub of the cone, it is apparent that a con- 5 possible, and the shafts 11 and 12 as short siderably greater stability of the cone on its having extended hubs,

shaft is obtained; that an extended journal bearing for the sleeve upon the hub isobttalned, and that ampleroom for the thrust bracket is also provided without in any way increasing the necessary length of shift between each cone and frame 10 whichis required for the axial movement of-eachcone, It is also apparent that,-by providing the two pins 31 in a plane at right angles to the plane of trunnions 32, the thrust of each cone may be transmitted to the controlling arms without the necessity of extremely accurate machine work.

i I claim as my invention:

1. In a speed var ing transmission, the combination with belt-receiving Jcone pairs and shafts upon which said cone pairs are splined, of'a thrust ,sleeve journaled upon each hub, interengag- 2o ing thrustmembers carried by the cone and thrust sleeve, controlling levers, connections between said levers and the thrust sleeves, each of saidconnections comprising a thrust bracket having a rocking pin engagement with its thrust sleeve. and a trunnion enagement with the adjacent controlling fever, and a laterally extended sliding con tact between the thrust bracket and the controllinglever. 2. "In' a speed varying transmission, the combination with belt-receiving cone pairs having extended hubs and shafts upon which said cone pairs aresplined, of a thrust sleeve nlon engagement with the adjacent controlling lever.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Columbus, Indiana, this nineteenth day of July, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty. Y 1

MILTON o. REEVES journaled upon each hub, interengaging 

